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A Survey of Ancient History
Available on: Audio Download ($7.99)
In this eight hour audiobook, five thousand years of history have been condensed into a concise and easy to follow series of lectures.
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Unlocking the Secrets of 2012
by John Major Jenkins
Available on: Audio Download ($17.47) | Audio CD ($24.95)
Did the ancient Mayans predict that the "end of time" would occur in 2012 . . . or is that a modern misunderstanding of their intended message?
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From Jesus to Christianity: A History of the Early Church
by Thomas F. Madden
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)
Entrusting the apostles to continue the work he had started by instructing them to "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit...," Jesus kindled the fires of a new religion in a world largely dominated by polytheism, cult leader worship, and mysticism.
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The Wisdom Of Joseph Campbell
by Joseph Campbell
Available on: Audio Download ($15.57) | Audio CD ($19.16) | Audio Cassette
This is a collection of conversations between Michael Toms and the late Joseph Campbell, recorded over a span of 12 years.
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A Survey of The Middle Ages
Available on: Audio Download ($7.99)
In this 12 hour mp3 audiobook, Pruskin takes us from the fall of the Roman Empire to the cusp of the Italian Renaissance.
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Sir Winston Churchill: His Finest Hour
by Winston Churchill
Available on: Audio Download ($9.95) | Audio CD ($12.76) | Audio Cassette ($9.86)
Features the highlights of major speeches given during World War II.
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Left to Tell
by Immaculee Ilibagiza
Available on: Audio Download ($15.57) | Audio CD ($19.16)
Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide.
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Martin Luther King Jr.: We Shall Overcome
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Available on: Audio Download ($9.95) | Audio CD ($12.76)
Encompasses the most moving moments in American social history with the extraordinary civil rights leader.
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An Introduction to English Literature
Available on: Audio Download ($7.99)
Literature is the history of ideas. It is a reflection of thoughts, feelings and culture of a time and a place. What better place to start when learning about the world we live in?
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At the Dangerous Edge of the Knowledge
by Michael Crichton
Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)
Michael Crichton, the father of the “techno-thriller,” has sold over 100 million books worldwide in thirty different languages. While this would be an astonishing feat for any writer, what makes Crichton’s accomplishment unique is his commitment to the integrity of the human knowledge quest.
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Benito Mussolini
by Sherwin T. Wine
Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)
Mussolini began as a socialist. But the First World War transformed him. He became a leader of disgruntled veterans and a champion of military discipline.
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A Basic History of the United States, Vol. 1: The Colonial Experience, 1607-1774
by Clarence B. Carson
Available on: Audio Download ($16.95) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD
This is the first volume of a comprehensive five-volume set.
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Undaunted Courage
by Stephen E. Ambrose
Available on: Audio Download ($13.24) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette
Captain Meriwether Lewis was hand-picked by President Thomas Jefferson to explore and acquire the American West...
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No Ordinary Time
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Available on: Audio Download ($13.24) | Audio CD ($23.96) | Audio Cassette
Doris Kearns Goodwin describes how the isolationist and divided United States of 1940 was unified under the extraordinary leadership of Franklin Roosevelt to become, only five years later, the preeminent economic and military power in the world.
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Joe DiMaggio: The Yankee Clipper
by Geoffrey Giuliano
Available on: Audio Download ($9.95) | Audio CD
For decades baseball great Joe DiMaggio was the very definition of cool and class in the midst of the unparalleled fury of his stellar career.
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Classical Mythology: The Romans
by Peter Meineck
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)
Rome grew from a tiny community of small hill villages near the River Tiber in central Italy to one of the most powerful empires the world has seen. The Romans themselves believed that their great city was founded in the middle of the eighth century BCE.
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Fundamental Cases: The Twentieth-Century Courtroom Battles That Changed Our Nation
by Alan M. Dershowitz
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)
The courtroom trial has fascinated human beings from the beginning of recorded history. Trials are theater, trials are history, and the great trials of the twentieth century and beyond provide a unique window into American history and the sense of America's enduring commitment to law.
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Opening of N.Y. Worlds Fair
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Available on: Audio Download ($9.95)
Opening day festivities of the New York Worlds fair, featuring addresses by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, New York Governor Lehman, Worlds Fair President Grover Whalen, and the official dedication address by President Roosevelt.
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Law of the Land: A History of the Supreme Court
by Kermit Hall
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)
The Judiciary in general and the Supreme Court of the United States in particular represent the republic’s most unusual and least understood branch of government. Unlike the elected executive and legislative branches, the justices of the Supreme Court are appointed and serve during good behavior.
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Co. Aytch
by Sam R. Watkins
Available on: Audio Download ($19.95) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD ($80.00)
In 1861, twenty-one-year-old Sam R. Watkins of Columbia, Tennessee, joined the First Tennessee Regiment.
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Islam and the West
by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)
Islam and Christianity share both remarkable similarities and remarkable differences. In the grand scheme, both are relatively recent religions, with Christianity taking hold in Northern Europe at about the same time that Islam took hold in the Persian world (although Christianity appeared on the scene six centuries before Islam).
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God Wills It!: Understanding the Crusades
by Thomas F. Madden
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)
As late as 1518, plans were laid by Pope Leo X and the monarchs of Europe to set aside their internal quarrels and once more embark on a holy crusade to wrest the Middle East from the Ottoman Turks.
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A Basic History of the United States, Vol. 2: The Beginning of the Republic, 1775-1825
by Clarence B. Carson
Available on: Audio Download ($20.95) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD
This second volume covers the Declaration of Independence through the fruits of independence.
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Suez Campaign (1956)
by Sherwin T. Wine
Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)
When did the British and French Empires die? It was in the failed Suez Campaign against Nasser in Egypt that the British and the French, aided by the Israelis, were humilated by the Americans....
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The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern Mind
by Justin Pollard
Available on: Audio Download ($19.00) | Audio CD ($34.19) | MP3 CD ($22.49)
Founded by Alexander the Great and built by self-styled Greek pharaohs, the city of Alexandria at its height dwarfed both Athens and Rome.
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